A risk for returned travellers: the “post-antibiotic era”

Fernando, Geethanie A T P; Collignon, Peter J; Bell, Jan M

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A risk for returned travellers: the “post-antibiotic era”

Geethanie A T P Fernando, Peter J Collignon and Jan M Bell

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): 59.
Published online: 5 July 2010

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To the Editor: Infections caused by multiresistant gram-negative organisms are difficult to treat. Carbapenems are often used as a last resort but even these are under threat with the emergence of acquired metallo-b-lactamases worldwide, including Australia,1,2 India, China and Europe.

Geethanie A T P Fernando¹
Peter J Collignon¹
Jan M Bell²

1 Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT.
2 SA Pathology (Women’s and Children’s Hospital), Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: geethanie.fernando@act.gov.au

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